really fucking scary article about how the iraqi war-mongering is not over oil itself but about the currency in which oil is traded. see here for a slightly different version.



main thrust? us is scared that the dollar will lose its world-wide power if the euro becomes the currency of choice for oil trading.



no wonder tony "fighting for my political life" blair is the only influential european leader who supports bush (britain not in euro); no wonder that rumsfeld is showing open, blood-thirsty hatred of europe.



what's the odds this becomes open war between the us and europe?



think i'll go and live somewhere safe like iraq when that one kicks off.